Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

23 reviews

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely devastating. The amount of times my mouth hung open from shock or I gestured choking someone out because of frustration was too high to count. I read this at an interesting time since I’m currently taking juvenile law and have learned a lot about the rights of children. I wouldn’t suggest this book to everyone, but I will be keeping it in my collection for those who think they can handle the subject matter.

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melancholymegs's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

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sad fast-paced

3.0

Less a coming-of-age story and more a diary about growing up in poverty.   These kind of stories are not my jam and I should probably stop reading them.

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glutenfreemaggie's review

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5.0


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rebeccadiv's review

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

It's hard to say I liked this book because there was so much trauma and disappointment throughout. I found myself being disgusted and angry but I couldn't put it down. Jeannette's story is heartbreaking and inspiring.

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aspvisualarts's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Had to read this for school during high school and honestly this was the only required reading I ACTUALLY read, it was that good!

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redheadorganist's review

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adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.75


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nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

What a powerful audiobook, read by the writer herself. Be prepared for basically every trigger warning in the book to happen in this one as these children lived a very hard life because of their parents. I cannot even fathom, after listening to this book, what that must have been like to grow up in. 

As other reviewers have said, Walls does look at her past with rose-tinted glasses and does not tear down her parents. She tells us what they did, said, didn’t do that they should have done and let’s us the reader feel the anger for her. Which I thought was very tasteful of her, given what all her parents have put her family through.

Definitely one of the most powerful memoirs I’ve ever read. How they were able to save up money, budget at such a young age and be more of a responsible adult then both their parents to make it in New York. The strength of her and her siblings is truly incredible. 

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narbine's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5


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alexisgarcia's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

this was such a devastating memoir. i loved how the voice throughout most of the story aged as the story progressed. the beginning has such a child-like voice which adds to how you feel for the author and what she went through. this was a hard but rewarding read. 

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